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EUROPE Serbia elects the world’s brainiest parliament

 Thanks to Rea Anunciado-Koza for this contribution! EUROPE Serbia elects the world’s brainiest parliament Dozens of academics become politicians after student group’s  stunning victory, raising hopes for reforms MIĆO TATALOVIĆ and NENAD JARIĆ DAUENHAUER An astrophysicist who studies galaxy evolution. An electrical engineer who has helped design robots. An organic chemist who, during the pandemic, worked on COVID-19 drugs. An education researcher, a sociologist, several political scientists, economists, physicians, and medical researchers. They have all been elected to what may well be the brainiest parliament in the world. After a student-led opposition movement won in Serbia on 25 October, the group, named Student List – Students Are Winning, has 141 representatives in Serbia’s 250-member National Assembly. Dozens of them come from the academic world, and more than half have a Ph.D. or M.D. Now, this group is tasked with forming a government and charting a new course for Ser...
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Tuesday only this week - morning breath and movement - in person and on zoom

 Join me in the Scarborough main conference room on this week or on zoom - on Tuesday November 10th only: 8:00am-8:30am https://maine.zoom.us/j/4625543963 If you are joining in person in the main conf room in Scarborough, mats are available in the lobby closet. Come early to make yourself a space for practice.
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‘Historic change’: what the 2026 US mid-term election results mean for science

 Nature News ‘Historic change’: what the 2026 US mid-term election results mean for science Researchers hope that US lawmakers will push back against the Trump administration’s science policies — but there are limits to what Congress can do. By   Dan Garisto  &  Max Kozlov The US mid-term elections swept the Democratic party to power in both chambers of the US Congress, raising hopes that lawmakers will now push back against  disruptions to science introduced by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump . The results will mark the end of nearly two years in which the Republicans controlled the presidency and both congressional chambers — and many scientists around the world are celebrating the change as an opportunity to protect the country’s research system. Those hopeful for change include researchers affected by the  US Agency for International Development (USAID)  being shut down early in Trump’s presidency. “I’m cautiously optimi...
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